• DocumentCode
    2233231
  • Title

    Spatial modulation instability driven by light-enhanced nonlinearities in semiconductor CdZnTe:V crystals

  • Author

    Shwartz, Sharon ; Segev, Mordechai ; Zolotoyabko, Emil ; El-Hanany, Uri

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present the observation of spatial-modulation-instability in CdZeTe:V, where the nonlinearities are greatly enhanced by light. We find that the index-change is composed of a huge (~0.01) uniform component and a 20-times smaller periodic component.
  • Keywords
    II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical materials; optical modulation; photorefractive materials; vanadium; zinc compounds; CdZnTe:V; light-enhanced nonlinearities; photorefractive semiconductors; semiconductor crystals; spatial modulation instability; Crystallization; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photorefractive effect; Refractive index; Semiconductor materials; 190.4420 Nonlinear optics, transverse effects in; 190.5330 Photorefractive optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4571334
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2233231